18/02/2014 BBC Newsline

gone wrong with Wales? But now on BBC One, it's time for the news

where Good evening. A man from County

Tyrone has been killed in an incident at a concrete firm in

Dungannon. It happened at Joseph Barrett and Sons on Eglish Road

earlier this afternoon. In a statement, the company said they

were numbed by the sudden passing of an esteemed colleague and lifelong

friend, and extended their sympathies to his wife and children.

The Health and Safety Executive is investigating what happened. It is a

terrible tragedy, a tragic incident that happened here today and has

shocked the entire community. Even the people he works for would be

devastated by this affair. It is just one of these things that is

terrible and for his wife and all his family, it must be devastating.

A fourth man has been given a life sentence for murdering Philip

Strickland from Comber. He was shot dead during a dispute

with a County Down family two years ago. Stephen McCaughey from

Shackleton Walk in Newtownards was convicted today, as Kevin Sharkey

reports. An ordinary image, Philip Strickland at a filling station in

Comber shortly before being attacked. Within and are of getting

petrol and paying for it, he was shot twice, murdered by a father and

two sons and one of their friends. A six-week trial ended today. Stephen

McCarthy was convicted. The judge asked the jury, have you reached a

verdict on the first kind of murder? The jury replied, yes, guilty by

majority. Mr justice we're addressed Stephen McCaughey and said, you have

been found guilty of murder and the only sentence I can pass is life

imprisonment. Also serving life sentences for the murder are Jimmy

Seales, convicted yesterday. Here seen here protesting at a Department

of Agriculture office in the past. Two of the farmer's sons, Ian and

Jason Weir from near Killinchy, have also been convicted. Details of a

local dispute preceding the murder emerged during the trial. The pig

farmer claimed it began when he told a local man to remove cannabis being

grown in a shed he owned. He was later starved and beaten with iron

bars. This was followed by Facebook comments and offensive graffiti

about the farmer attributed to Philip Strickland. The following

year he died after being shot in the leg at his farm, then driven

elsewhere and shot in the face. Just over two years later his family was

in court for the end of the murder trial. On behalf of my family I

would like to take this opportunity to thank members of the police and

the legal team for their hard work to successfully convey those

responsible for the murder of Philip. -- to successfully convert.

It has been a difficult time for us. However we are happy with this

outcome and appreciated the support from everyone. Thank you. Two years

after he was last seen living a normal life, two men are now

convicted for his murder. The Lord Mayor of Belfast has been

giving evidence in the trial of three people accused of disorderly

conduct at the re-opening of Woodvale Children's Park. Mairtin O

Muilleoir of Sinn Fein was jostled and pushed by protestors in the wake

of a Twelfth parade being blocked from passing the Ardoyne shops.

Eunan McConville reports. August last year, the reopening of a

children's park in Belfast and extra police officers are called in to

help get the Sinn Fein Lord Mayor Eric amid a loyalist protest. This

morning, Mairtin O Muilleoir was in the Magistrates' Court to give

evidence against the three people charged with disorderly behaviour,

Maureen Simpson, Samuel Brown and Paul McTeer, all from North Belfast.

All three deny the charges. The court was shown video footage. From

Sinn Fein's publicity website. The Lord Mayor said that when he got to

Woodvale Park he became aware of the protesters. He said he got out of

the car, some people pushed towards him and he said he was shoved and

hit in the back of the head. He was hit with what turned out to be a

burger. He told the court that when he made his way back to the car,

himself and police officers where attacked and abused. He said he was

subjected to a torrent of bile and vitriolic abuse. Lawyers for the

defence had put it to the Lord Mayor that the High Sheriff of Belfast had

contacted him prior to the park event, urging him to allow a DUP

politician to open the park. The Lord Mayor told the court that it

was not something in his gift to permit and that he had taken advice

from the police before going to Woodvale Park and was told it would

be safe. In the afternoon the court was shown some more footage of the

event. The evidence centred on what a number of police officers have to

say. The case continues. The families of a young man and

woman who died from medical complications brought on by eating

disorders say more support is needed for sufferers. Laurence Nugent from

Belfast and Danielle O'Neill from Londonderry were both 24 years old.

Tara Mills has this report. Not the face of someone you would expect to

have an eating disorder. To those outside, Laurence Nugent lived a

normal life, but he kept a very deep secret. He was totally ashamed of

himself. He hated himself. He told us he hated the very look of

himself. As a family we lived in turmoil every day. We didn't know

whether he was going to be alive when we came home. I used to ring

him from work to make sure he was alive. You were very afraid for him.

Sadly, their fears were realised, but not how they expected. He died

from a heart attack, the bulimia and starvation taking its toll on his

body. He didn't trust anybody. He was afraid to tell his friends, to

say he couldn't cope. Yu was ashamed to say he was not being the man. I

am saying to every young man out there in Northern Ireland do not be

afraid because this can kill you. Another family shares a similar

story. Adelaide O'Neill lost her daughter to anorexia. Her descent

into the illness was much more rapid than Lawrence's. I would say to

anybody out there, eating disorders don't have any respect for anybody.

Danielle would have been the last person I would have thought would

have had an eating disorder. She said, I never intended to be this

thin. It was never my intention. It was almost as though it was a

roller-coaster for her. Danielle had excellent help, but sadly it wasn't

enough. Her mum believes young people don't realise the permanent

damage an eating disorder can cause. Both families now have to live with

every treatment. A difficult journey lies ahead but if speaking out helps

just one other family, they say their loss will not have been in

vain. A judge has told a Belfast mother

had it not been for her four children she would be facing an

immediate jail sentence. Gillian Turtle from Glenbryn Parade had

claimed Income Support and Housing Benefit of more than ?100,000 over

eight years. The court was told she had denied her partner, who had a

job, was living with her, but later admitted he did and said she thought

she could get away with it. Her 18-month jail sentence was suspended

for three years. The Health Minister, Edwin Poots,

has requested a meeting with the Secretary of State about the closure

of a charity-run coffee shop and walled garden at Hillsborough

Castle. The Secret Garden is run by Praxis Care and employs people with

learning difficulties. The agreement with the Castle estate is coming to

an end and the charity must find new premises. Today, the Northern

Ireland Office said it was willing to be flexible about the timescale

for it leaving the walled garden. The weather forecast is next. It was

good to see some dry weather today. A little brightness as well. There

is some rain moving back into Fermanagh, and a few dribs and drabs

moving east, enough cloud to keep the frost and ice awake at first

thing tomorrow could be down. Most of Wednesday will end up reasonably

dry and bright. First thing some mist and low cloud over the hills

and drizzly rain. It shouldn't be long before it brightens in the

second half of the morning and then a good part of the date will be dry.

Some brightness also for the Republic of Ireland, bits and pieces

of rain over Scotland and northern England but a lot of dry weather

across Britain. The next area of rain moves into the west and south

of Ireland tomorrow afternoon. That will move toward south Wales and

south-west England and it is coming our way tomorrow night but before

then the afternoon will not be too bad, the odd shower but reasonably

dry, temperatures up to 10 degrees. That of a breeze towards the east

coast and by tea-time it is raining and that will extend east, so some

wet weather into Thursday morning, once again quite mild that there

will be strong winds through the night and it will still be wet and

windy for a while on Thursday and the East, but brightening up with

showers moving in from the West and those could get wintry. Feeling

colder on Friday with sunshine and showers.

BBC Newsline is back here at 6:25am. Good night.

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